Donald Somervell, Baron Somervell of Harrow

The Lord Somervell of Harrow
Somervell in 1945 by Walter Stoneman
Lord of Appeal in Ordinary
In office
4 October 1954 – 6 January 1960
Preceded byThe Lord Asquith of Bishopstone
Succeeded byThe Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest
Home Secretary
In office
25 May 1945 – 26 July 1945
Prime MinisterWinston Churchill
Preceded byHerbert Morrison
Succeeded byJames Chuter Ede
Attorney-General for England
In office
18 March 1936 – 25 May 1945
Prime Minister
Preceded bySir Thomas Inskipp
Succeeded bySir David Maxwell Fyfe
Solicitor-General for England
In office
29 September 1933 – 19 March 1936
Prime Minister
Preceded bySir Boyd Merriman
Succeeded bySir Terence O'Connor
Personal details
Born24 August 1889 (1889-08-24)
Harrow on the Hill, London, England
Died18 November 1960 (1960-11-19) (aged 71)
Marylebone, London, England
Political partyConservative
Spouse
Loelia Helen Buchan-Hepburn
(m. 1933; died 1945)
Alma materMagdalen College, Oxford

Donald Bradley Somervell, Baron Somervell of Harrow, OBE PC (24 August 1889 – 18 November 1960) was a British barrister, judge and Conservative Party politician. He served as Solicitor General and Attorney General from 1933 to 1945 and was briefly Home Secretary in Winston Churchill's 1945 caretaker government.


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